The England international, 26, was expected to keep his place in the starting 11 after scoring the opening goal in the Londoners' 2-0 victory over Stoke on Satuday.

However, Gunners chief Arsene Wenger has instead opted to start France star Olivier Giroud - who bagged the second goal in the win over Mark Hughes' side.

Wright, who was once the north Londoners' all-time leading goalscorer, was looking forward to seeing Walcott lead the line in Zagreb and has questioned Wenger's decision to start Giroud ahead of the former Southampton star.

"I would've liked to have seen Theo start again because I think it's a position if he gets a run at it a little bit more time so he can spend a little bit more time up-front on his own learning what he's doing with Sanchez, Ozil and Oxlade Chamberlain giving him the balls - even Cazorla," Wright said.

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DISAPPOINTED: Wright wanted to see Walcott lead the line

“I would've linked to have seen him get a run”

Ian Wright

"I think that Theo could've done more.

"He's got the pace. We saw [that] with his first goal against Stoke the other day.

"That was a difficult goal, a difficult chance to take and he took it very well.

"And I would've linked to have seen him get a run so we could've drawn a line underneath it."